Module 6: The Brain: Practice Quiz

Jeremy was accidentally struck in the base of his brain by a baseball bat.  His heart and breathing stopped immediately.  The blow probably struck Jeremy’s:

The ____ directs incoming messages from all of a person’s senses except for the sense of _____.

Which component of the limbic system plays an essential role in the formation of new memories?

To demonstrate that brain stimulation can make a rat violently aggressive, Professor Hurlic should electrically stimulate the rat’s:

Michelle had a lobotomy (a surgical technique) in which her entire frontal lobe was removed.  Michelle will likely have difficulties in:

If a surgeon stimulated the motor cortex of the brain, you might

The surgical removal of a large tumor from Alan’s occipital lobes results in extensive loss of brain tissue.  Alan is most likely to suffer some loss of:

The corpus callosum is a band of neural fibers that:

A patient with damage to Broca’s area of the brain would probably have difficulty:

One half of the two halves of the brain typically controls speech. Which half is it?